Proton isotropy boundaries as measured on mid- and low-altitude satellites

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1839-1847

  Ganushkina, Nataly Yu ^a   Pulkkinen, T I ^a   Kubyshkina, M V ^b   Sergeev, V A ^b   Lvova, E A ^b   Yahnina, T A ^c   Yahnin, A G ^c   Fritz, T ^d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Energetic particles, precipitating; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; magnetotail)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 24044439493     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1839-2005     Document Type: Article

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